Sometimes companies get their timing just right, and SanDisk seems to have done just that with their announcements during Computex.

Intel is pushing the new ultra-thin Ultrabook and Keeley Lake platforms, both of which must be less than 20mm thick. In another booth, SanDisk is touting its latest ultra-small SSD storage solutions that are perfect for laptops desperate to save space wherever possible.

SanDisk has unveiled two new drives using the names U100 and i100. The U100 is aimed at ultra-thin laptops and offers up to 256GB of storage in a drive that can fit in a half-slim SATA SSD, mSATA, mSATA mini, or typical 2.5″ casing. Using a SATA III interface it is no slouch in the performance stakes, managing to achiee 450MB/s read speeds and 340MB/s write speeds. Power usage sees the drive idle at 10mW.

The i100 is arguably more impressive. It achieves the same read speed as the U100, but the write speed falls to 160MB/s. Even so, this is a tiny drive measuring just 16 x 20 x 1.85mm for the largest 128GB drive. The thickness drops to 1.4mm for the 64GB option and below. It’s aimed more for use in tablets, but can certainly be fitted in the slimmest of laptops.

Here’s a full rundown of the two drives for comparison:

SanDisk has also announced the introduction of a new flash memory solution aimed squarely at the smartphone and tablet markets. The iNAND Extreme offers up 80MB/s reads and 50MB/s writes to allow for fast HD content transfer and playback. Where as the U100 and i100 offer up very fast, tiny drives, the iNAND is all about content storage in an even smaller package. The drive measures just 16 x 12 x 1mm with capacities from 16-64GB.